admonuistis

Admonuistis is a Latin grammatical term referring to a specific verb form used in Classical Latin. The word is the perfect active indicative, second person plural of the verb admonere, which means “to warn, advise, or admonish.” Thus, admonuistis is translated as “you (plural) warned” or “you (plural) admonished.” The perfect tense in Latin is used to indicate a completed action that has relevance to the present or is seen as a completed event in the past.

The verb admonere is an irregular –ere verb, belonging to the first conjugation. Its principal parts are admonor, admonere, admonuī, admonitus. Admonuistis follows the regular pattern of the perfect active indicative for second person plural: base + -istis. This form appears in classical texts such as the speeches of Cicero, the letters of Pliny the Younger, and the histories of Tacitus, where it expresses direct commands or admonitions given to a group of listeners.

In addition to its use in ancient prose, admonuistis has also seen occasional employment in medieval Latin glossaries as part of legal or moral treatises, underscoring its functional importance in conveying official admonitions or reprimands. The form is studied primarily by classical philologists, translators, and historians of Latin usage, and it illustrates the nuance and precision of Latin verb morphology regarding person and number.